Pensions: Tax Relief Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Pensions: Tax Relief

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Excerpts
Tuesday 6th December 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Lord Young of Cookham
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The Government have consistently reduced the cost of tax relief on pensions by introducing the lifetime allowance, which has now been reduced to £1 million, and the annual allowance, which has been reduced to £40,000. This year we made further savings of up to £4 billion over the lifetime of this Parliament by saying that for those who earn over £150,000 the £40,000 relief is tapered. So we have made substantial savings in the cost of pensions tax relief.

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Portrait Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
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My Lords, does my noble friend not agree that the whole point of pensions investment is that it should be stable and not subject to sudden changes? Have the Government not interfered enough with the pensions regime? Do we not need a period of stability?